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    From RickV@1:154/110 to All on Tue Sep 2 13:18:07 2025
    Hello everybody!

    Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the files? If not is there a way to get hem to re build?


    Thanks
    RickV


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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to RickV on Tue Sep 2 16:05:43 2025
    Re: Messagebase question
    By: RickV to All on Tue Sep 02 2025 01:18 pm

    Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the files? If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

    Yes, if you run "scfg -a".
    https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line
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  • From Richard Vonzel@1:103/705 to Digital Man on Mon Oct 13 11:44:25 2025
    Re: Messagebase question
    By: Digital Man to RickV on Tue Sep 02 2025 04:05 pm

    Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

    Yes, if you run "scfg -a". https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line


    So I tried this and it did not create new message base files.

    RickV
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  • From Digital Man@1:103/705 to Richard Vonzel on Mon Oct 13 16:01:45 2025
    Re: Messagebase question
    By: Richard Vonzel to Digital Man on Mon Oct 13 2025 11:44 am

    Re: Messagebase question
    By: Digital Man to RickV on Tue Sep 02 2025 04:05 pm

    Will Synchronet scfg re build the message bases if you delete all the If not is there a way to get hem to re build?

    Yes, if you run "scfg -a". https://wiki.synchro.net/util:scfg#command-line


    So I tried this and it did not create new message base files.

    Use the -f option too (i.e. 'scfg -a -f'):

    -f force save of configuration files
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